we sat..old friends
so much past
so much time passed
reminiscing
no need for any air
no pretense
we knew each other
we had changed
were the same
she no longer chocolate brown
some ghastly thing had made her
pale..
"what is it"
"the hip again"
"operation?"
"think i must"
"will this be the third one"
"fraid so"

a silence weighed us down
and yet
within a moment..we found
reminiscence
and so we spoke of books
of loves and friends
of children grown and gone
or those returned
time moved so fast
hours gone -past
until at last
I screamed quietly into her ear
"you got the drug to take the pain away"
she smiled and said
" i've kept some in a draw for
just this kind of day"
"well take one now cause it aint about some
pain that muddles up the brain"
"'you sound like E now"
"well i don't have his brow"
which led to all our husbands,
lovers...laughter...
reminiscing...
next
she limped tenderly by
the pain taking her strength
the pain all the unrest
sat on her shoulders bent
we hugged and held each other
tight
and then
bidding me goodbye
she turned and gave me
a survivor's smile..

I could feel the ache in this deepy. Enjoying each other's company, still, despite what has occured, and what possibly will. You have quite a way of capturing us into a scene. Thank you for sharing this with us sis.

thank you all...so difficult to be in pain...truly
hard to be onesself...drains one of almost everything and really
worse than the problem which made it...
you helped me see i captured some of the feeling of the moment..

Happy Birthday Sister CocoButterSkyn! Thank you for the love, all the years! Please tell Sister Epiphany I said hello and that I miss and think of her often! I hope you both are doing well! Much Much Love and Peace!